COMM 166

Spring 2008 All Classes

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Media Literacy

Credit: 3 hours.

Develops students' ability and skills to analyze, assess, and critically evaluate media images, words, sounds, and representations that comprise mass culture, and to understand the media's roles in the contemporary world. As part of their learning in the course, students prepare their own media, use logs and evaluate their exposure to media and advertising.

Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci

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COMM 166 class schedule data for spring 2008
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
40463	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	1:00PM -1:50PM	T	G32 Foreign Languages Building	Crain, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Degree Notes: UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Info: This section is restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.
40464	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	2:00PM -2:50PM	T	G36 Foreign Languages Building	Goya Martinez, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Degree Notes: UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Info: Note: This section is restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.
40465	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	1:00PM -1:50PM	T	G36 Foreign Languages Building	Goya Martinez, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Degree Notes: UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Info: Note: This section is restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.
40466	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	2:00PM -2:50PM	T	G20 Foreign Languages Building	Glennon, I Crain, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Degree Notes: UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Info: Note: This section is restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.
31353	Lecture	AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM	TR	66 Library	Glennon, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/08-04/30/08 Degree Notes: UIUC Social Sciences course. Section Info: COMM 166: Media Literacy: Moving from Consumer to Critic Media literacy develops students' abilities to step away from the position of media consumer and into the role of media critic. Students analyze and criticize words, images, sounds, music and representations from television, film, the Internet, etc. The goal is to increase their understanding of media's roles in the contemporary world generally and in their own lives specifically. Multimedia will be used in lecture and in student presentations. Note: This course is restricted to freshmen and sophomores. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.